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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who wags (or wags in) a halter; one likely to come to the gallows; a rascal; a thief: chiefly humorous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Colloq. & Obs. One who moves or wears a halter; one likely to be hanged.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete, colloquial One who moves or wears a
halter ; one likely to behanged .
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jinglebelljosie commented on the word wag-halter
one who deserves or is likely to be hanged
August 23, 2008